A top Samajwadi Party (SP) leader has courted controversy after his nephew slapped a policeman at a police station here.

The nephew of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Chairman Ramesh Babu Yadav from SP was caught on camera bragging about his association with the former ruling party before launching an unprovoked attack on a policeman standing near him. Etah is the stronghold of Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Yadav got in to an argument with doctors regarding an X-ray and subsequently beat up a radiologist and two technicians.

When police arrived at the location Yadav started arguing with them and slapped senior sub inspector Jitendra Singh and other policemen.

The man kept shouting "My name is Mohit Yadav" while slapping the policeman.

Yadav has been arrested and charged with assault on a policeman on duty.